Political Heir Quotes

When I was born, my father was governor of Arkansas.

I am proud to be the son of YSR, who had left me a very big family.

The real Representative McDermott said Jason McDermott is no relation. The Congressman does have a son, but his name is James and he does not live in the Midwest.

Look, I am in the establishment because my dad, the greatest man alive was president of the United States and my brother, who I adore as well as fantastic brother was president. Fine, I'll take it. I guess I'm part of the establishment Barbara Bush is my mom. I'll take that, too.

I don't see people voting for me for coming from a political family. I see people voting for me despite me coming from a political family.

When my father ran for the state Assembly, the headline said, 'Kean's Son to Run for Assembly.' When my grandfather first ran for Congress, it was 'Kean's son to run for Congress.'

I was never in politics before I contested the Lok Sabha by-elections after my father's death.

Contrary to what most people think, there is a Rich Daley under Mayor Daley.

Olivia Chow is no Jack Layton.

I could be like Joe Kennedy and say, 'My kids are going to run for president!'

I was the first Blunt ever elected to anything.

There is nobody that's ever going to fill Ted Kennedy's shoes, and that's a tall order for somebody in the family to try to live up to.

Any son of a dictator, I'm sure, has major issues with their relationship with their father.

Life itself has so much politics, why should I make it my profession? I'm just a politician's son, not a politician myself. Two politicians, that's my dad and elder brother, in the family are enough. I'm happy doing my own stuff in Bollywood.

I was raised in the Washington household of my grandfather Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma, and have known politicians intimately all my life.

He's a nice guy who will never change the Senate. He is the Senate. Eighteen years in politics, and he's got two cousins who are senators, too. Mark Udall's dad even ran for president.